2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Scott41theMavs]

Why not just let KP do the pick and roll with Luka, instead of Powell? And let Maxi sit outside shooting the 3? He shoots them better than KP anyway.

KP/Maxi - That's Max defense.

KP would really dominate more like this, and we would solve the defensive issues as well. He can roll to the rim even better than Powell I would say.

The bench needs to be solved for sure. We need to add a big or even two bigs for the bench. I would just let KP/Maxi as starters, and instead trade for some depth for the bench and in case KP should be more injured.

Given DFS''s defensive exposure last night, I'd say we need to fix the starting lineup first, but I'm not sure that's possible.

A Luka/KP pick and roll is not going to be a thing unless the Mavs give up entirely on this year in the effort to make it happen, because KP is one of the worst roll men in the league as documented earlier this year on the board. The effort to develop a Luka/KP PNR would wreck any chemistry the team has now for the rest of the year and likely cause us to lose over half of the rest of our games (but not likely fall out the playoffs, as the competition below us in the standings is pretty weak). If, as Fif says, the goal is the long view, then perhaps that's the thing to do.